La Chaise-Dieu
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 72.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 100 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chaise-Dieu (INSEE 43048) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 594 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 72.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 100 % of the 17,116 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.83 | 25 | 20.65 |
| Social | 0.93 | 20 | 18.62 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.81 | 10 | 8.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.26 | 10 | 2.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.4 | 5 | 2 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MICHE CASADEENNE · AU MOINE GOURMAND). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EURL DUFFIEUX). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE P'TIT BOUGNAT · LA PETITE EPICERIE). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LES DELICES DE LYLA · L'ECHO ET L'ABBAYE · RABASTE MADELEINE · MOCKEL SACHA). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES SAPINS). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE HENRI POURRAT). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JUSTINE FOURNERY, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHRISTOPHE LACHAT, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-YVES BARD, MÉDECIN · JULIEN NONY, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PERRIN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (CASIA IME). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU DE LA TOUR). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE LA CHAISE DIEU). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (LE VENERE · LE LION D'OR). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES PRADES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA MICHE CASADEENNE · AU MOINE GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | EURL DUFFIEUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | LE P'TIT BOUGNAT · LA PETITE EPICERIE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | LES DELICES DE LYLA · L'ECHO ET L'ABBAYE · RABASTE MADELEINE · MOCKEL SACHA | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES SAPINS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE HENRI POURRAT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | JUSTINE FOURNERY, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHRISTOPHE LACHAT, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-YVES BARD, MÉDECIN · JULIEN NONY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE PERRIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | CASIA IME | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | PLAN D EAU DE LA TOUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | SALON DE COIFFURE LA CHAISE DIEU | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | LE VENERE · LE LION D'OR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES PRADES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Thursday matins place du monument et en période estivale place des salles casadéennes (seasonal). [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 695 (2012) → 594 (2023): -14.5 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 778 (1990) → 594 (2023): -23.7 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 554, of which 30 % second homes and 19.3 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Chaise-Dieu): 0 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Food shop (La Chaise-Dieu): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]
GP (La Chaise-Dieu): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (La Chaise-Dieu): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (La Chaise-Dieu): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FELINES_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 1,014 m; the village itself is at 1,050 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at FIX-ST-GENEYS, 19.7 km away at 1,102 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FELINES_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 1,014 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43048/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.lachaisedieu.fr/foires-etmarches— “Le marché se déroule les jeudis matins place du monument et en période estivale place des salles casadéennes.”
- DATAtourisme 2026-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/d3366067-914c-33b3-b73a-42130148d29e— “Marché hebdomadaire le jeudi matin”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43048/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43048/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43048/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 43048
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blesle | 43 | 41 km W | 611 | 61.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noyers | 89 | 265 km N | 587 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bedous | 64 | 429 km SW | 568 | 73.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 % |
| Cormatin | 71 | 156 km NE | 569 | 75.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bourdeaux | 26 | 140 km SE | 670 | 74.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villefranche-du-Périgord | 24 | 220 km W | 674 | 63.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blesle | 43 | 41 km W | 611 | 61.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bourdeaux | 26 | 140 km SE | 670 | 74.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cormatin | 71 | 156 km NE | 569 | 75.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villefranche-du-Périgord | 24 | 220 km W | 674 | 63.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Noyers | 89 | 265 km N | 587 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 20 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bedous | 64 | 429 km SW | 568 | 73.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to La Chaise-Dieu's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pradelles | 43 | 63 km S | 531 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allègre | 43 | 14 km S | 922 | 63.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Pesse | 39 | 198 km NE | 334 | 64.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châteauneuf-de-Randon | 48 | 76 km S | 516 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grandrieu | 48 | 60 km S | 736 | 57.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamrousse | 38 | 172 km E | 453 | 68.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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